Romans 1:8

First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith is proclaimed in the whole world.

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith is spoken of throughout the whole world.

In Context

7to all that are in Rome, beloved of God, called saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and [our] Lord Jesus Christ.

9For God is my witness, whom I serve in my spirit in the glad tidings of his Son, how unceasingly I make mention of you,

Read all of Romans 1

Cross References

Luke 2:1But it came to pass in those days that a decree went out from Caesar Augustus, that a census should be made of all the habitable world.

Romans 6:17But thanks [be] to God, that ye were bondmen of sin, but have obeyed from the heart the form of teaching into which ye were instructed.

1 Corinthians 1:4I thank my God always about you, in respect of the grace of God given to you in Christ Jesus;

Ephesians 3:21to him be glory in the assembly in Christ Jesus unto all generations of the age of ages. Amen).

Philippians 1:3I thank my God for my whole remembrance of you,

Colossians 1:3We give thanks to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ continually [when] praying for you,

Matthew Henry on Romans 1:2-8

Romans Completed by John Evans . If we may compare scripture with scripture, and take the opinion of some devout and pious persons, in the Old Testament David's Psalms, and in the New Testament Paul's Epistles, are stars of the first magnitude, that differ from the other stars in glory. The whole scripture is indeed an epistle from heaven to earth: but in it we have upon record several particular epistles, more of Paul's than of any other, for he was the chief of the apostles, and laboured more abundantly than… Read the whole commentary →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study Romans 1:8